PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC

The following table presents credit ratings and outlook for PNC as of September 30, 2024:

Table 29: Credit Ratings and Outlook

(a)S&P does not provide depositor ratings. PNC Bank’s long term issuer rating is A and short term issuer rating is A-1.

Capital Management

Detailed information on our capital management processes and activities is included in the Supervision and Regulation section of Item 1 of our 2023 Form 10-K.

We manage our funding and capital positions by making adjustments to our balance sheet size and composition, issuing or redeeming debt, issuing equity or other capital instruments, executing treasury stock transactions and capital redemptions or repurchases, and managing dividend policies and retaining earnings.

In the third quarter of 2024, PNC returned $0.8 billion of capital to shareholders, including more than $0.6 billion of dividends on common shares and more than $0.1 billion of common share repurchases. Consistent with the SCB framework, which allows for capital return in amounts in excess of the SCB minimum levels, our Board of Directors has authorized a repurchase framework under the previously approved repurchase program of up to 100 million common shares, of which approximately 43% were still available for repurchase at September 30, 2024. Fourth quarter 2024 share repurchase activity is expected to approximate recent quarterly average share repurchase levels. PNC may adjust share repurchase activity depending on market and economic conditions, as well as other factors. PNC’s SCB for the four-quarter period beginning October 1, 2024 is the regulatory minimum of 2.5%.

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. –Form 10-Q 33

On October 3, 2024 the PNC Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on common stock of $1.60 per share to be paid on November 5, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business October 16, 2024.

See Note 16 Subsequent Events for details on the October 30, 2024 announcement of the December 2, 2024 redemption of $500 million Series R preferred stock.